The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
2:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.40° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.60° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.